Never heard Flowers but know most of the songs from the UK versions of Between the Buttons and Aftermath. So many Stones compilations...
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
That #10 ballot result doesn't sound too crazy to me. Led Zeppelin #10 was
10. How the West Was Won - 20 points (5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
and that was with only 13 albums to choose from.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
one of its best songs, "Ride On, Baby", wasn't on either, so Flowers is essential.
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers > Between The Buttons
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I was the other voter for Flowers, yay!
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Mick on Between the Buttons: "(That album) I never really liked. (Back Street Girl)'s the only decent song. The rest of it is more or less rubbish."
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Mick hates an awful lot of good Stones stuff
I'm not sure I trust his judgement, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I should probably work out which songs I'm missing and d/l them from somewhere. I just get confused by the early discography (xposts).
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
why are US grab bags like Flowers eligible for the albums poll?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
WWII
― buzza, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
The same reason The Pink Opaque will be (should be) eligible for the Cocteau Twins poll. It's a solid album that half of the electorate is really familiar with.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
I was gonna say Allen Klein's ghost, but I like buzza's explanation better.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Monday, April 2, 2012 1:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
because they are albums
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers also only got two votes, can't imagine we'll have a bunch of people going "YAY HOT ROCKS!"
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Now watch as "Midnight Rambler (Live)" fans prove me wrong.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Aftermath (US version)+ Between the Buttons (UK version) + Flowers = best music ever
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite, at least
I think there were higher highs before and (esp) after that period, but yeah, that's my favorite Stones era for consistency.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
multiple x-post: "Indian Girl" rhymes "larder" with "raped her". No defense is possible.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 2 April 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
hahah
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
At this rate we can stretch the results out until August ;)
I listened to Flowers again. Like it better than Between the Buttons for sure.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
One of the very first albums I ever pilfered from my parents' pile in our basement rec room. That copy is long gone, although I did replace it at some point.
― clemenza, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
hybrid of the UK and US versions of between the buttons is better than flowers sez i
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
9. Tattoo You - 11 points (5 votes, no #1 votes)
http://i40.tinypic.com/2a62luu.jpg
1. Start Me Up2. Hang Fire3. Slave4. Little T&A5. Black Limousine6. Neighbours
7. Worried About You8. Tops9. Heaven10. No Use in Crying11. Waiting on a Friend
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
:/
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
No shame! It's a solid fucking album.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
ya who! is my "2nd favorite". the sincerest form of trolling.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
trollery
and for the older contributors I can understand why it means more than, say, Aftermath.
"ya who" ?
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
I love "Hang Fire" & "Heaven", & enjoyed listening through the whole album for this poll, a lot more than I remember enjoying it. It's one of my better rediscoveries for this poll (I hope the other will place higher.)
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
you know what else is solid...
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying," but "Little T&A" is yet another example of how Keith redeems execrable sexism with courtly growls (and how their rhythm section can enliven anything with a slight tempo change).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
7 or 8 great songs on tattoo you. i mean, they were basically cherry-picking the best of their unreleased shit, had a clear vision and sympathetic production. much better than its rep suggests.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying,"
for shame, those are maybe the best songs on the album.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
to be a kid in the early eighties and digging albums as solid a Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You. Stronger than the previous three.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
damn near had 3 songs from it on my ballot, first stones album i can really remember in a contemporary sense.
― balls, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
alfred and balls otm
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GOAT'S HEAD SOUP, you terrible man
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
"balls otm"
^ can't stress this enough
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
xp: yeah, alfred notm abt goats head soup, but i feel i've made that point with sufficient vigor elsewhere
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
he will laugh on the other side of his 80's face when Winter and Star Star poll highly in the results.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
s'all good. We can listen to "100 Years Ago" over a scotch.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
done
listening to "Worried About You," I wonder how anyone can fuck with that Wayne Perkins solo.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
yuss to 100-year-old scotch
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
slighted "heaven" in my earlier praise of tattoo you, so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZLPdJiDQfU
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
2nd half of Worried About You is better than the first half...I can't get with the falsetto/keyboard thing
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
This will scare you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czNBG4ppuRM&feature=related
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
however: Jagger playing keyboards live!